Cases

MediaLab-Prado's Collective Intelligence for Democracy Workshop is an annual event that invites multidisciplinary teams to create digital prototypes for the facilitation of collective intelligence, participatory democracy, and civic engagement. The 2016 workshop, hosted, as ever, in Madrid's MediaLab-Prado - a social innovation lab - saw eight teams work together on...

Convened in April 2005 to develop a common knowledge base of experiences and ideas relating to citizen participation and participatory procedure to foster a culture of civic involvement and engagement specifically in terms of scientific and technological developments, .

The project began with a public campaign called "Visible Candidates" which provided information about the profiles and curricula vitae of the candidates before the 1998 congressional elections. More than a decade after its creation it evolved into a watchdog of all activities related to the Colombian Congress. Its work is...

Democratisation and decentralisation has been ongoing in Tanzania for decades, hampered by lack of civil education, poor legislative efforts, and lack of accountability mechanisms. The process continues with emphasis placed on public participation and demand-oriented service delivery.

In 2005, the City of Portland engaged community members in a comprehensive review and assessment of Portland’s 35-year-old neighborhood and community involvement system. The result was a unique, comprehensive and strategic “Five-year Plan to Increase Community Involvement in Portland.” The ongoing implementation of this plan by the City of Portland...